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The four men charged in a NJ carjacking that left an SU law grad dead: Kevin Roberts, 33, top-left; Karif Ford, 31, top-right; Hanif Thompson, 29, bottom-left; Basim Henry, 32, bottom-right. All four have been charged with murder. Henry's previous lawyer is refusing to defend him on the murder charge. (Frances Micklow/NJ.com)

Syracuse, N.Y. -- An attorney who defended a New Jersey man charged with a bank robbery won't defend his former client against charges he killed a Syracuse University law school graduate, according to a report in NJ.com.

Basim Henry, 32, was convicted and sentenced to seven years in prison for a 2003 bank robbery in Union, NJ.com said. He was released on probation on April 29, 2013.

Henry is charged with murder in connection with the death of Dustin Friedland, a Hoboken attorney killed on Dec. 15 during a carjacking. Friedland met his wife Jamie when they were both law students at Syracuse University.